Chengde Mountain Resort
The imperial palace from the Qing Dynasty had been requisitioned as the residence of the Rehe Provincial Government. The imperial palace had become the office of government officials.
"Big Brother, have Minister Song and the Young Marshal left?”As soon as Tang Yuqi stepped into the house, he took off his military cap and threw it aside. Then, he sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette on the mahogany coffee table in front of him.
"Leave my ass!" Tang Yulin, who was sitting behind the table, cursed." You two are so useless. You only know how to make jokes.”
"No, Big Brother. Isn't the whole country asking Nanjing to defend Rehe?”Tang Yuqi gently flicked the cigarette ash in his hand and said with a frown," If we don't give him anything, how are we going to defend?”
"Ever since the marshal left, we were raised by a stepmother. That little Liu Zi is also a good-for-nothing. He lost such a large territory to the Japanese. How can he have the face to see his father?”Tang Yulin said angrily, his eyes flashing with a fierce light.
Tang Yuqi rolled his big eyes and said in a low voice,""Big brother, without Nanjing's support, Rehe Province will belong to the Japanese sooner or later. We still have to make plans as soon as possible and think of a way out for our family.”
"Sigh, you don't have to say that." Tang Yulin felt like his chest was like a pressure cooker. The pressure increased and increased, and he was about to explode, but he still couldn't release it. "It's just that with me in this position, if we don't defend the city, even if we run out of the Rehe, Nanjing won't let us go.”
When Tang Yuqi heard his brother say this, he said proudly,"Don't worry about that, big brother. I've already found a good person to help us contain the Japanese army. At the very least, he can support us until we safely withdraw from Rehe.”
"Who is it?" Tang Yulin knew better than anyone else what kind of people his soldiers were. They were either addicted to smoking or had lost their will to fight. They were no longer the soldiers who had followed the old marshal to conquer the world.
Tang Yuqi said," Matsushita Saburo just told me that their army encountered trouble on the way from Pingquan to Xiabancheng. He directly pointed out that there were our Northeast Army troops in that area. With the Japanese's character, they wouldn't be so anxious to find information about that army unless they suffered a huge loss.”
"But we didn't deploy any troops there.”Although Tang Yulin was a greedy man, he had no problem with his basic military knowledge. According to his plan, he didn't deploy any troops in the area that his younger brother had mentioned.
What the Japanese encountered was definitely not their own troops. Even if it was the Northeast Army, it was still a force that could still fight.
"Who cares if they are our troops? As long as the Japanese still believe that they are our Northeast Army, then they are bandits and the achievements of the Northeast Army.”Tang Yuqi did not care about that group of people at all. He was only concerned about how he could leave Chengde safely. Of course, he would bring his money with him.
"You mean to recruit them into our army?”Tang Yulin understood what his brother meant. However, he was worried that he would have to provide firearms and supplies to these people if they were to be recruited. That would be a lot of money.
Tang Yuqi immediately explained," Big brother, we don't need to give them a formal organization. For example, if we are the 36th division, we can give them an independent regiment of the 36th division. We can give them some basic military supplies to ensure that this group of people won't be defeated before we retreat. As for the military expenses, we don't need to give them a single cent.”
"This…" Tang Yulin found it hard to accept.
"Big brother, you can't be greedy for small profits when you do big things. If we give up a little money, we can keep most of our assets. Isn't this a stable business?”Tang Yuqi explained.
Tang Yulin closed his eyes and thought for a while."Alright, I'll listen to you. Find these people and give them the organization of the independent regiment. Choose some weapons from our arsenal and send them over.”
"Big brother, I will personally handle this matter.”Tang Yuqi knew that there could not be too many people involved in this matter. Although he was not very willing, he still took the initiative to volunteer for this mission.
"Alright, bring more people with you. Be careful.”Tang Yulin had already made up his mind. No matter what Minister Song and the young marshal said, he wouldn't stay. This way, it would be easier for him to deal with those two.
guozhuang village
The development of Guozhuang Village was in full swing. The factories that had been built before had entered the final stage of construction. As a talent development strategy, schools at all levels had school buildings and teachers. The people of Guozhuang Village and the surrounding villages all came to school.
The children entered primary school to learn, while the adults were enrolled in literacy classes. After learning the basics, they would enter a professional school to learn a skill as a way for them to make a living in the future. Although there was no tuition fee for these people, the assessment of the students was very strict. If they did not pass, they would not be able to advance to the next grade.
The format of lenient entry and strict exit also made many people who wanted to come here to laze around leave.
The newly renovated Guozhuang Village had been transformed into Hong Lang's command center. Many of the functions of the base had been transplanted here. There was no need to go back to the base to operate everything, which greatly improved the work efficiency of the base.
"We have already defeated the Japanese army in two battles. The Japanese army will definitely send more troops to attack.”
Hong Lang expressed his thoughts." The construction of our industrial park has already begun, so this will be our base camp. We can't give up this place unless we have no other choice. We have to be prepared to fight for a long time.”
"Commander, the Japanese army will definitely send more troops, so we have to strengthen our army.”Lin Zheng immediately voiced out his thoughts." We can increase the number of our troops and train the young men of the right age in Guozhuang Village to strengthen our rear guard forces and free up our defense forces.”
"Also, we can produce more weapons and increase our firepower. I think we can still take care of those Japanese.”Lu Chong felt that firepower was one of the decisive factors on the battlefield. The benefits of increasing firepower were more direct.
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